I ran across a video in which one of our LGBTQ brothers criticized Black men for their preference of white men, and classified them as self-haters. As I listened to what the brother had to say, I thought to myself this line of thinking extends well b ...
Posted Friday, August 9th 2024 at 9:59AM
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There are so many problems in the world; in the news and within our Black communities. I was about to write another post of this nature, but something inside said "no." It's like my brain shifted into self-preservation mode, and re-routed my thoughts ...
Posted Saturday, July 27th 2024 at 11:46PM
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President Joe Biden has announced that he is standing-down from the 2024 Presidential race. This comes just as many Black voters are worried about how the right-wing manifesto known as Project 2025 would affect their rights and their very lives shoul ...
Posted Wednesday, July 24th 2024 at 12:14AM
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Let me begin this post by simply saying I love music (emphasis on the word 'music). I like R&B, Pop, Smooth Jazz, Classic Soul, Rock, and I get off into a little Country/Western too. Every now and then, I come across a song that speaks to my soul, a ...
Posted Tuesday, July 2nd 2024 at 12:58AM
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WHEREAS, the Merriam-Webster's dictionary defines ****** (the N-word) as "usually offensive: a black person; member of socially disadvantaged class of persons...;" and
WHEREAS, the N-word has been established to be derogatory, degrading, dehumaniz ...
Posted Saturday, June 29th 2024 at 12:45PM
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I decided I wanted to hear some Public Enemy today, and after firing up the track, the first person I thought of was Governor Ron DeSantis (FL). I am actually embarrassed that this guy is governor of my home state. It's so bad down there that the NAA ...
Posted Sunday, June 16th 2024 at 3:53PM
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Many of us are old enough to remember when Dionne Warwick recorded this song back in 1964. I think it's also safe to say that even more of us know the extremely soulful and improvisational version by 'Lutha' (Luther Vandross) recorded in 1981. Somewh ...
Posted Saturday, May 25th 2024 at 7:43PM
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I have always felt that Black people in America and Black people from the Homeland should talk and interact more. There is so much we could learn from one another, but we have been culturally divided, colonized, traumatized, economically marginalized ...
Posted Sunday, May 19th 2024 at 7:35PM
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What if every Black person in this country woke up one day and decided it's time for a revolution? I'm not talking about the type of revolution Gil Scott-Heron spoke of over fifty years ago. I'm talking about a revolution to reclaim our ethnic, cultu ...
Posted Saturday, May 11th 2024 at 1:32PM
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Unbelievable! Just unbelievable!
I am not one to be at a loss for words, but I cannot use the type of language I'm thinking on this very respectable website. What I will say, however, is this: In his pursuit of being the VP pick, it looks like Tim ...
Posted Monday, May 6th 2024 at 1:13AM
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I know this is not a music group, but I feel that music, and the arts in general, are an important part of Black culture. Music is a source of inspiration, social interaction, political awareness, and serves as an emotional outlet and a psychological ...
Posted Saturday, May 4th 2024 at 5:01PM
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I have a problem with the way in which the Black connotation of the word 'woke' and the phrase 'stay woke' have been mocked, misinterpreted, hijacked, politicized and demonized. I have never been one to complain about anything that resembles cultural ...
Posted Saturday, April 27th 2024 at 4:39AM
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My Blackness is self-defining, in that, I know who I am as a man, a person and an individual. I place high emphasis on self-respect, mutual respect, tact, diplomacy, logic, good old-fashioned common sense and down-home friendliness. Life has taught m ...
Posted Sunday, April 14th 2024 at 2:06PM
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While it is well known that slave owners routinely raped enslaved Africans, the actual extent of these atrocities is rarely discussed. This list highlights seven of the most abominable acts committed on s*x farms.
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Posted Monday, August 9th 2021 at 5:07AM
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SPECIAL NOTE: This blog was originally posted on or about 5/15/2021, but someone removed it for no reason, so I re-posted it. ENJOY!
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You saw the title of this blog, and ...
Posted Thursday, June 17th 2021 at 3:05AM
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It's been 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, a two-day attack on Black Americans in the thriving business district of Greenwood. Hear from survivors, descendants of victims and thought leaders in the CBS News special, "Tulsa 1921: An American T ...
Posted Friday, June 11th 2021 at 1:49AM
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In this clip, Michael Jai White shared his thoughts on people in the Black culture calling themselves by the n-word and Richard Pryor having a change of mind on the situation after going to Africa. He explained that no other race refers to themselves ...
Posted Saturday, June 5th 2021 at 1:02PM
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FOREWORD: The issues discussed in this narrative are not directed at nor are they intended to single-out any one economic group as the matters that will be discussed transcend any one socio-economic class within the Black community.
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Posted Monday, May 31st 2021 at 5:49PM
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In this revealing documentary, veteran journalist Bob Herbert examines the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream in the face of unrelenting barriers.
“Have black Americans had a fair shot at the American dream?” accl ...
Posted Sunday, May 30th 2021 at 8:15AM
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